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The Orion Legacy
C is the flagship of the hydrographers of the Ecuadorian Navy. He is 38 years old, his average life is 25 days and he has a travel history in which are distinguished two expeditions to Antarctica. "This noble ship has given so much to the country, it has been intensively treated and the navy has taken it out of there to continue studying the sea," said Captain Gómez, who gave us a better understanding of the sea. Ocean, understanding marine biodiversity, understanding the spatial-oceanic order, identifying threats, defending resources.

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km2 is the only one of its kind. Extension of the Continental Ecuador. But the Orion needs a relay and in this project we are already five years old.It will be the Centaur. "

Peru currently has the ships Humboldt and Carrasco, Chile with Cape Horn; Colombia has 20 July and is building a new ship with a focus on Antarctic operations.

What will be the fate of Orion? Captain Gomez dreams of seeing it become a museum on oceanographic culture, housed in one of the ports, "as with HMS Victory," the ship of Admiral Nelson who fought in Trafalgar. It is now a museum in Portsmouth, Hampshire, south of England.

Marine Wealth
The marine area does not only provide fishery resources. And yet, the global pressure for food is pushing large fleets to get closer to the equatorial Pacific right now. The time, indeed, revealed on June 6 that a Chinese fleet was approaching the boundaries of the Galapagos Islands' EEZ.

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km2 measures the sea with Ecuadorian jurisdiction. However, under the mirror of the sea water, there are several treasures. "Take your cell phone," says Captain Gomez. Many of its components come from the minerals of the seabed. And high-speed trains that move electromagnetically use minerals from these sources to reduce temperatures. "

There are other examples: the marine director of maritime interests adds others: the movement of waves and submarine volcanism can be sources of energy." for Humberto Gómez, the essential is to generate a change of national consciousness on everything that the Ecuadorian territory means today, 84% of which is maritime. "And at sea, many answers to the dilemmas and challenges of the future. " (IFP)